Todos Santos, Baja
2018-2019 Teaching at OU:
Fall 2018:
On research leave
Spring 2019:
P SC 2103: Politics in America
P SC 3093: Minority Political Behavior
Syllabi:
Politics in America
Over the course of the semester, we will ask how voters decide, how candidates attempt to disseminate their political messages, and how voters and candidates respond to a politically polarized environment. In the latter part of the class, we will examine how the United States has defined citizenship over time—from property restrictions, race, gender, and national background to felon exclusion laws today—limiting what groups are able to participate in democratic elections. We will develop an understanding of the scientific method and the analytical tools necessary to answer all of these questions.
Gender, Power, and Leadership
Gender is one of the most recognizable and important identities in daily life. Yet it has been paid scant attention by political scientists in terms of its role on access to political power, opinion formation, group identity politics, election outcomes, and political representation. This class provides a survey of the literature on gender in American politics. We begin with the interdisciplinary research on the social construction of gender to understand what gender is and is not. Throughout the course we will use those theories to analyze and critique the approaches of quantitative research on gender politics.
Minority Political Behavior
This seminar is intended to provide a foundation for thinking about the question of minority status in American politics. We will attempt to address such broad topics as: the strategic political circumstances of American racial/ethnic minority groups; political mobilization; statutory and legal intervention in the electoral process; the politics of immigration, acculturation, and identification; and theories and levels of minority representation. We'll try to compare the current political dilemmas and strategic situations of African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, their political behavior, the specific policy issues important to each group, and disputes within minority groups over what their political/social goals should be and how best to accomplish them.
Experimental Research Methods (graduate)
This course is intended to aid you in the development of your research agenda, by introducing you to experimental methodology in political science. Over the course of the semester, you will design, field, and analyze your own original experiment. This will become the final paper for this course. Ideally, this paper should become part of your dissertation or a standalone article to broaden your research agenda past the dissertation project.
Fall 2018:
On research leave
Spring 2019:
P SC 2103: Politics in America
P SC 3093: Minority Political Behavior
Syllabi:
Politics in America
Over the course of the semester, we will ask how voters decide, how candidates attempt to disseminate their political messages, and how voters and candidates respond to a politically polarized environment. In the latter part of the class, we will examine how the United States has defined citizenship over time—from property restrictions, race, gender, and national background to felon exclusion laws today—limiting what groups are able to participate in democratic elections. We will develop an understanding of the scientific method and the analytical tools necessary to answer all of these questions.
Gender, Power, and Leadership
Gender is one of the most recognizable and important identities in daily life. Yet it has been paid scant attention by political scientists in terms of its role on access to political power, opinion formation, group identity politics, election outcomes, and political representation. This class provides a survey of the literature on gender in American politics. We begin with the interdisciplinary research on the social construction of gender to understand what gender is and is not. Throughout the course we will use those theories to analyze and critique the approaches of quantitative research on gender politics.
Minority Political Behavior
This seminar is intended to provide a foundation for thinking about the question of minority status in American politics. We will attempt to address such broad topics as: the strategic political circumstances of American racial/ethnic minority groups; political mobilization; statutory and legal intervention in the electoral process; the politics of immigration, acculturation, and identification; and theories and levels of minority representation. We'll try to compare the current political dilemmas and strategic situations of African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, their political behavior, the specific policy issues important to each group, and disputes within minority groups over what their political/social goals should be and how best to accomplish them.
Experimental Research Methods (graduate)
This course is intended to aid you in the development of your research agenda, by introducing you to experimental methodology in political science. Over the course of the semester, you will design, field, and analyze your own original experiment. This will become the final paper for this course. Ideally, this paper should become part of your dissertation or a standalone article to broaden your research agenda past the dissertation project.
